"Despite this city's reputation as a world-class incubator for emerging fashion talent, London designers capable of channelling agenda-setting creativity into viable, global businesses are rare. However, Athens-born, Central Saint Martins-trained Mary Katrantzou bucks the trend.
Since she founded her independent, eponymous brand in 2008, Mary Katrantzou has, on average, doubled revenues each year to reach more than $15 million in 2014 — and all without any significant outside investment along the way.
On the day that BoF sits down with Katrantzou at her North London headquarters, she has just finished announcing the brand’s latest arrival to her 55 assembled employees: a new chief executive, Trino Verkade. The hire is partially funded by Mary Katrantzou’s recent BFC/Vogue Fashion Fund win, which includes a £200,000 prize. [...]"
Full interview at The Business Of Fashion
